• Literary Criticism

    New Books Tuesdays

    Rachel Cusk! Francine Prose! Thom Gunn! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 18, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Nicholson Baker on Finding His Likeness

    By History of Literature  June 18, 2024
    Historical Fiction

    In the Beginning… Why Every Novel Needs an Origin Story

    By Patrick Nathan  June 17, 2024
    On Memoir

    The Limitations of Autobiography: Jill Ciment on Continually Revising the Past

    By Michelle Hart  June 17, 2024
    Adolescence

    Going to “Girl Church.” 5 Books that Explore Female Friendship and Adolescence

    By Maggie Nye  June 17, 2024
    Magazines

    The Art of Hanging Out: On the Golden Age of the Celebrity Profile

    By Alex Belth  June 14, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Call Out My Friend For Using AI in Her Newsletter: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  June 14, 2024
    Queer Characters

    Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

    By John Copenhaver  June 14, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  June 14, 2024
    Rereadings

    In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

    By Mia Manzulli  June 14, 2024
    Bloomsday

    A Book Club of Two: The Time I Started a James Joyce Reading Group in College

    By Kristopher Jansma  June 14, 2024
    Fathers

    The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List

    By Garth Risk Hallberg  June 13, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 13, 2024
    In Conversation

    Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today

    By Literary Hub  June 13, 2024
    In Conversation

    Camille Bordas on What Stand-Up Comedy Can Teach Writing Workshops About Growing Thicker Skin

    By Adam Ehrlich Sachs  June 13, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Karen Solt on Being Gay in the Navy

    By Fiction Non Fiction  June 13, 2024
    Summer reading

    The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

    By Emily Temple  June 12, 2024
    Jane Austen

    Was Jane Austen Actually the Ultimate Anti-Romantic Novelist?

    By Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey  June 12, 2024
    In Conversation

    Autopsies, Necrophiliacs, and Werewolf Pandemics: Puloma Ghosh on Translating Grief into Literary Horror

    By Melissa Lozada-Oliva  June 12, 2024
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Deirdre Madden on Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   June 12, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Bill Eville on Fatherhood

    By History of Literature  June 12, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Robert Pinsky! Porochista Khakpour! Rufi Thorpe! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 11, 2024
    Colonialism

    What Jane Austen’s Work Can Tell Us About the British Imperial Project

    By Corinne Fowler  June 11, 2024
    On Poetry

    Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and the Distance Between the Reader and the Poem

    By D.S. Waldman  June 11, 2024
    In Conversation

    Robin Sloan on Creating an Expansive and Immersive Sci-Fi Universe

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 11, 2024
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